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PETA Video Relied On Fear-Mongering Tactics

A dairy video released by PETA has some farmers calling out the animal rights group for staging falsehoods to push forward the organization&rsquo;s agendas. Misinformation about the treatment of the animals on this dairy resulted in an investigation that showed no signs of abuse.

It is an agenda that is pretty clear and prominently displayed on the organization website: “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.”

While it is to be expected that promotional events and materials would illustrate points that underscore its mission, it shouldn’t be expected that misinformation would be widely circulated. However, that appears to be the case with the dairy video released by the organization.

PETA claimed the cattle were emaciated and forced to remain in a several-inch deep pool of their own waste. However, the Haywood County Animal Control department found that cattle were pastured in a clean area next to the barn and a pasture across the road when they weren’t being milked. There was no evidence the cattle were either emaciated or in poor health, said animal control officer Jean Hazzard, a county official who has come down hard on those who abuse animals in the past.